Anthony Bourdain Biopic A Top 2026 Limited Opening; Jane Schoenbrun, ‘CatVideoFest’, Fire Up Indie Weekend – Specialty Box Office
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- Tony (A24) debuted to $349,000 at six theaters in New York and LA for a $58,000 per-screen average with sold-out shows and a 95% Rotten Tomatoes score, making it one of the year’s best limited openings.
- Tony stars Dominic Sessa as a 19-year-old Anthony Bourdain discovering food in a Provincetown kitchen, with Antonio Banderas as his mentor; the film expands into top markets next week ahead of a nationwide break August 21.
- Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma (Mubi), Jane Schoenbrun’s third film, opened on five screens to an estimated $251,500 ($50.3K PSA), starring Hannah Einbinder and Gillian Anderson.
- CatVideoFest 2026 (Oscilloscope), Will Braden’s cat-video compilation, debuted to $586,000 on 255 screens, continuing to gain steam each year.
- Cookie Queens (Roadside Attractions), Alysa Nahmias’s Girl Scout Cookie documentary, opened to $328,000 on 446 screens, with Girl Scout troops buying out screenings to drive attendance.
- The Invite (A24, directed by Olivia Wilde) is eyeing a $717,000 weekend on 342 screens in week 7, bringing its cumulative to $24.2 million.
Why it matters: Tony’s $58K per-screen average with sold-out shows and excellent word-of-mouth exits positions it for an August 21 nationwide expansion after one of 2026’s best limited openings. The weekend showed multiple specialty distributors — A24, Mubi, Magnolia, Oscilloscope, Roadside — posting solid openings simultaneously.
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